Below are the APA citations with links when available for Dr. Baker’s publications. This page includes peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, the introduction to EEPA’s special issue on critical education policy research, working papers for research that is not yet published, book chapters, and selected other writing.

*Publications have equal authorship

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (Links provided when available)

**Baker, D. J., & Britton, T. (2024). Hate crimes and Black college student enrollment. Education Finance and Policy, 19(2), 187-217. Available here.

Everett, A., Rosinger, K., Baker, D. J., Kim, H.-J., Kelchen, R., & Ortagus, J. C. (2024). Tennessee’s burden: How students access state financial aid within one southern state. Research in Higher Education. Online First.

Ortagus, J., C., Baker, D. J., Rosinger, K., Kelchen, R., Morales, O., & Lingo, M. (2024). The revenue implications of community colleges’ reliance on local funding. AERA Open, 10(1), 1-16. Available here. (open access)

Kelchen, R., Lingo, M., Baker, D. J., Rosinger, K., Ortagus, J., Wu, J. (2024). A typology and landscape of state funding formulas for public colleges and universities from 2004 to 2021. Review of Higher Education, 47(3), 281-314. Available here.

Kelchen, R., Ortagus, J., Rosinger, K., Baker, D. J., & Lingo, M. (2024). The relationships between state higher education funding strategies and college access and success. Educational Researcher, 53(2), 100-110. Available here.

Viano, S., Baker, D. J., Ford, K. S., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2024). A latent class analysis of racial terminology in education research: Patterns of racial classifications in AERA journals. Educational Researcher, 53(4, 213-222. Available here.

Baker, D. J., Edwards, B., Lambert, S. F. X., & Randall, G. (2023). Defining the “Community” in Community College: A National Overview and Implications for Racial Imbalance in Texas. American Educational Research Journal, 60(3), 588-620. Available here. (open access)

Baker, D. J., & McCloud, L. (2023). Too much or nothing at all: Racialized organizations and higher education policy communication in Texas. Peabody Journal of Education, 98(1), 49-65. Available here.

Rosinger, K., Kelchen, R., Baker, D. J., Ortagus, J., & Lingo, M. (2022). State higher education funding during COVID-19: Lessons from prior recessions and implications for equity. AERA Open, 8(1), 1-19. Available here. (open access)

Baker, D. J., & Bastedo, M. (2021). What if we leave it up to chance? Admissions lotteries and equitable access at selective colleges. Educational Researcher, 51(2), 134-145. Available here.

Baker, D. J., Arroyo, A. T., Braxton, J. M., Gasman, M., & Francis, C. H. (2021). Expanding the student persistence puzzle to minority serving institutions: The residential historically Black college and university context. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice, 22(4), 676-698. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2020). “Name and shame:” An effective strategy for college tuition accountability? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 42(3), 393-416. Available here.

Baker, D. J., Arroyo, A. T., Braxton, J. M., Gasman, M. (2020). Understanding student persistence in commuter historically Black colleges and universities. Journal of College Student Development, 61(1), 34-50. Available here.

Baker, D. J., Skinner, B. T., & Redding, C. H. (2020). Affirmative intervention to reduce stereotype threat bias: Experimental evidence from a community college. Journal of Higher Education, 91(5), 722-754. Available here.

Blissett, R. S. L., Baker, D. J., & Fields, B. C. (2020). Making a campus a home: Student perspectives on campus social movement mobilization. Teachers College Record, 122(3), 1-36. Available here.

Viano, S. & Baker, D. J. (2020). How administrative data collection and analysis can better reflect racial and ethnic identities. Review of Research in Education, 44(1), 301-331. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2019). A case study of undergraduate debt, repayment plans, and postbaccalaureate decision-making among Black students at HBCUs. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 48(2), 1-27. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2019). Pathways to racial equity in higher education: Modeling the antecedents of state affirmative action bans. American Educational Research Journal, 56(5), 1861-1895. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2019). When average is not enough: Examining the variation in the influences on undergraduate debt. AERA Open, 5(2), 1-26. Available here. (open access)

Redding, C. H., & Baker, D. J. (2019). Understanding the teacher diversity gap among early career teachers. AERA Open, 5(2). Available here. (open access)

Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2018). Beyond the incident: Institutional predictors of student collective action. The Journal of Higher Education, 89(2), 184-207. Available here.

Blissett, R. S. L., & Baker, D. J. (2018). Seeing is more than believing: Visual media, social media, and anti-racism on college campuses. Public, 4(2). Available here.

Baker, D. J., & Doyle, W. R. (2017). Impact of community college student debt levels on educational attainment. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 678(1), 132-153. Available here.

Flores, S. M., Park, T. J., & Baker, D. J. (2017). The racial college completion gap: Evidence from Texas. The Journal of Higher Education, 88(6), 894-921. Available here.

Book

Commodore, F., Baker, D. J., & Arroyo, A. (2018). Black female college students: A guide to student success in higher education. Routledge. Click here for the publisher's webpage for the book.

Introduction to Special Issue

rner, E. O., Baker, D. J., & Jabbar, H. (2024). Improving researchers’ capacity to address injustice: An introduction to the special issue. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 46(2), 179-191. Available here. (open access)

Working Papers (for papers not yet published in peer-reviewed outlets)

Kim, B. H., Park, J. J., Lo, P., Baker, D. J., Wong, N., Breen, S., Tuong, H., Zheng, J., Rosinger, K. O., & Poon, O. (2024). Inequity and college applications: Assessing differences and disparities in letters of recommendation from school counselors with natural language processing (EdWorkingPaper: 24-953). Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/pmv2-r349

Rosinger, K., Baker, D. J., Sturm, J., Yu, W., Park, J. J., Poon, O., Kim, B. H., Breen, S. (2024). Exploring the relationship between test-optional admissions and selectivity and enrollment outcomes during the pandemic (EdWorkingPaper: 24-982). Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/nv5h-pt11

Baker, D. J., Ramierz-Mendoza, J., Shook, L. M., & Bennett, C. T.. (2023). (Pay)Walled gardens: Status and racialized discourse among authors of student loan news articles. (EdWorkingPaper: 23-856). Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/jbx7-s659

Baker, D. J., Shook, L. M., Ramirez-Mendoza, J., Bennett, C. T. (2023). Race below the fold: Race-evasiveness in the news media’s coverage of student loans (EdWorkingPaper: 23-771). Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/t1k7-as63

Baker, D. J., Ford, K. S., Viano, S., & Johnston-Guerrero, M. P. (2022). Racial category usage in education research: Examining the publications from AERA journals (EdWorkingPaper: 22-596). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/r9dg-kd13

Book Chapter

Lockard, D., Baker, D. J., & Blissett, R. S. L. (2019). Student and administrative responses to student collective action on campus. In D. L. Morgan and C. H. F. Davis III (Eds.), Student Activism, Politics, and Campus Climate in Higher Education. New York, NY: Routledge.

Flores, S.M., Park, T. J., Baker, D. J. (2018). Accountability across the educational pipeline: The contribution of unequal high schools on college completion. In G. Orfield and N. Hillman (Eds.), College Opportunity and Accountability: The Civil Rights Dimension. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. Click here for the publisher's webpage for the book.

Selected Other Writing (some pieces also listed on Media page)

Park, J. J., Rosinger, K., & Baker, D. J. (2024). Do colleges have to go back to the SAT? Inside Higher Ed. Available here.

Rosinger, K., Kelchen, R., Ortagus, J., Baker, D. J., Lingo, M. (2024). Designing state funding formulas for public higher education to center equity. Brookings Institution. Available here.

Rosinger, K. O., & Baker, D. J. (2024). Test-optional admission during the pandemic and implications for college selectivity and enrollment. NACAC. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2024). Long-term solutions for college affordability require congressional and state action. Brookings Institution. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2024). Tools that would make STEM degrees more affordable remain unexamined. Issues in Science and Technology, 40(3), 32-36. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2023). The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision is the latest effort to erase racism from cultural consciousness. Scientific American. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2021). Race, racism, and student loans. Affordability and Student Loans Committee Meetings as part of the 20021-22 US Department of Education Negotiated Rulemaking for Higher Education. Available here.

**Baker, D. J., Cellini, S. R., Scott-Clayton, J., & Turner, L. J. (2021). Why information alone is not enough to improve higher education outcomes. Brookings Institution. Available here.

Addo, F. R., & Baker, D. J. (2021). Black borrowers: Building from a better narrative. In Lumina Foundation, Changing the narrative on student borrowers of color (pp. 4-8). Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2020). How COVID-19 exacerbates existing inequities in our financial aid system. Third Way. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2020). State-federal partnerships may be the key to reducing Black student debt. The Education Trust. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2020). The limits of naming and shaming in higher education. The Brooking Institution. Available here.

Baker, D. J. & Bello, A. (2020). In a pandemic, test-optional admissions is necessary but insufficient. Hack the Gates: Radically Reimagine Admissions. Available here.

Baker, D. J., & Rosinger, K. (2020). Test optional offers benefits but it’s not enough. Education Next, 20(3). Available here.

Bonilla, S., Carruthers, C. K., & Baker, D. J. (2020). Guidance and support for students moving into postsecondary (EdResearch for Recovery Brief No. 3). Brown University’s Annenberg Institute. Available here.

Baker, D. J. (2019). Why might states ban affirmative action? The Brookings Institution. Available here.